Did 13-Year-Old Tyree King Deserve To Be Shot? Probably. Here’s Why.

By Bob Owens

Yesterday evening the Columbus (OH) Police Department responded to an armed robbery call near East Broad and 18th streets. Three suspects had approached a man and demanded money from him, at gunpoint. The caller was able to provide a detailed description of the three suspects. A nine-year veteran of the department responded to the scene within minutes, and located three suspects matching the description of the men the caller reported on nearby Hoffman Street.

Two of the three suspects ran into a nearby alley.

One of the two suspects then reportedly drew a gun equipped with a laser sight from his waistband. The officer saw the gun and engaged the armed suspect.

Officers had initially been called to the area of East Broad and 18th streets on an armed robbery call, according to Sgt. Rich Weiner, spokesman for the Columbus Division of Police.

The robbery victim told officers several young men approached him, one with a gun, demanding money, police said.

Officers approached three males on nearby Hoffman Street, two of whom fled on foot to the alley off East Capitol Street, police said.

[Suspect Tyree] King, who was one of those fleeing, pulled what police later determined to be a BB gun with an …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms